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Twenty-four Illustrations of Poems of the Thirty-six Poets

Torii Kiyonaga

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Color woodblock print; 24 illustrations of poems; six women in traditional Japanese clothing; sitting and kneeling; one woman standing; background beige with black border; Japanese characters written in black ink.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1790
Medium
Ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 411 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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